That will be music to the ears of Luton fans, because the pre-season relegation favourites have started to show signs of improvement lately and there is growing hope that they could put up a good fight this term.

The Hatters are 17th following Everton’s ten-point deduction and picked up their second top-flight win of the season against Crystal Palace last weekend.

Rob Edwards’ side have scored in four of their last five games and were unlucky to take only one point from recent meetings with Liverpool and Manchester United.

Brentford will be looking to get back to winning ways on Saturday after suffering consecutive Premier League defeats but they might not have it all their own way against an improving Luton side.

The Bees can be forgiven to losing to Liverpool and Arsenal either side of the October international break but their issues at the back have been present all season.

They have just three clean sheets in 13 top-flight games and only one of those has come in their seven home assignments.